NTSB uncovers uncommanded feather deployment in SpaceShipTwo crash

The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigation team probing the cause of the Oct. 31 crash of Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo spaceplane said two seconds before beginning to break-up in midair the vehicle’s two moveable tail booms unexpectedly began to deploy into a “feathering” position.
Revealing the findings, NTSB acting chairman Christopher Hart said camera footage and telemetry show that around nine seconds after ignition of the hybrid rocket the ...

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